NOTED: Making music improves your hearing

[Billster]

At least until the tinnitus comes, I suppose

 

 

New research reveals that musicians can pick out relevant speech sounds from a noisy environment better than non-musicians, suggesting that musical training helps people hear better under

[rasputin1963]

Very interesting. My father always claimed he had a "tin ear". And he, more than anyone I've ever met, has a hard time of picking up the desired speech from a murmuring or chattering cloud of crowd noise. Hmm.

[John Sayers]

I once read that Rupert Neve believes that most hearing loss is due to people becoming lazy in their hearing. He made a point of saying that musicians and sound engineers retain their hearing because they use it professionally.

 

i.e. if you stop using it you loose it.

[MrKnobs]

 

I once read that Rupert Neve believes that most hearing loss is due to people becoming lazy in their hearing. He made a point of saying that musicians and sound engineers retain their hearing because they use it professionally. i.e. if you stop using it you loose it.

 

 

Hearing has two parts: hardware and software.

 

The hardware, at least in these modern times, goes downhill with age and noise exposure pretty rapidly. The software, well, that's up to you. The software can compensate for the hardware, up to a point.

 

But that's a very silly thing that Rupert Neve said.

 

Terry D.

[Raymar]

Headphones don't improve your hearing but do contribute to tinnitus, mine in particular. Mine comes and goes now after five months without them. I also tried a product called Magnilife Tinnitus Relief and its actually helped some after going through a whole bottle over time. I have to wear ear protection to go see a movie.

 

I used to drive cars without air conditioning meaning I would have the left window rolled down for the breeze. The white noize from wind, tires, and traffic over time has rolled off the treble response in my left ear a bit.

 

Steve